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Another clitoris
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 25th 2008 by luccaa77
Wherever there's sunlight, we find clitoris vines and flowers these days. They do produce beautiful flowers. read more
Caterpillars on vanilla
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 25th 2008 by luccaa77
Oh no, more caterpillars? Oh yes, they were caught in the act of eating the leaves of this vanilla plant on the back porch of the Bosque reception center. You can see that this small army is about to finish off one whole leaf. This same type of ca read more
Seeds
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 24th 2008 by luccaa77
It could be the first year that this unidentified tree has produced seeds. As you can see from the attached image, they are really quite large, much like Lima beans. To be honest about it, I would never have expected to see this kind of a seed come read more
Decorative bananas
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 19th 2008 by luccaa77
This musa plant is quite small. Less than two feet high and its fruit, the bananas, are tiny little things. No more than two inches long. I only have one of these plants, but I plan on saving the seeds for planting. Sort of odd that the banana, a read more
Helioconia, rostrata
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 19th 2008 by luccaa77
There are many different kinds of helioconias, but I think the rostrata is the most decorative of all. The flowers are being used more and more for parties and receptions in Santarém. As a matter of fact, they were part of the decor for a birthday read more
Morning glories
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 18th 2008 by luccaa77
And speaking of morning glories, there are plenty of them around, especially along the roads, where they get the morning sun they like so much. I took this picture yesterday right from my car window as I drove through private lands to avoid my favor read more
Five-star fruit, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 18th 2008 by luccaa77
I've had this image of five-star fruit in the "bin" for some time. The perfect time to post it! read more
Five-star fruit
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 18th 2008 by luccaa77
Seems to be a lot of things blooming these days, including the caranbola trees (Averrhoa carambola), alias 5-star fruit. read more
Yellow ixora
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 17th 2008 by luccaa77
Here's the yellow variety of ixora, a cousin of the red one shown on the previous image. I took this picture this morning before the sun got too hot. We're also getting some dust from the road now with all the soybean trucks. Things were still fre read more
Red Ixora
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 16th 2008 by luccaa77
Red ixora is another plant that likes plenty of sun. I guess that's the reason it does so well in Santarém, where it's seen everywhere. There's also a yellow variety that's just as beautiful as this one. read more
Orchid and bees, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 15th 2008 by luccaa77
The orchid flowers without the visitors. The bumble bees shown on the previous image are easily scared away, compared to the mangangá bee, which will dive bomb me to get back to the perfume. I've never been stung by one but I'm told that they are read more
Orchid and bees
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 15th 2008 by luccaa77
I was not only surprised at the number of bees visiting this Catasetum orchid, but also by the kind of bee. This one is different than the big black bee (mangangá) on which I reported a few days ago. I would assume that these bees are also classif read more
Psygmorchis pusilla orchid, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 14th 2008 by luccaa77
A closer view of the same Psygmorchis pusilla. Some trees and shrubs around the Bosque full of these small orchids. read more
Psygmorchis pussilla orchid
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 14th 2008 by luccaa77
A Psygmorchis pusilla flower shows its color through the foliage of other plants at the entrance to Bosque Santa Lucia. read more
Past history, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 9th 2008 by luccaa77
As the last of the invited guests show up for the riverboat trip, I spotted a flower of a flamboyant tree flashing its color within a tangle of of other trees and plants. It was low enough that I was able to get this photograph without the use of a read more
Past history, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 9th 2008 by luccaa77
Another fern makes its debut on the stage of built of wood and ceramic tiles. read more
Bosque signs
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 7th 2008 by luccaa77
I lucked out when I hired Cleuson, the caretaker at Bosque Santa Lucia. To my surprise he has a good hand at making signs and he takes the initiative to experiment with different ways of labeling trees and plants. To boot, he's creative in making u read more
Home remedies
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 6th 2008 by luccaa77
There's a medicine for whatever ails you and most of it from the forest. read more
Cacao for sale
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 6th 2008 by luccaa77
The vendor at this marketplace stall has a good eye for attracting attention. read more
Passion fruit
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 5th 2008 by luccaa77
The passion fruit is a a vine and, as such, needs support. This one found it in the form of a fence. People who raise the fruit commercially, build a support system that provides for greater space for spreading out. The larger fruit in this image read more
Colors of ingá, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 4th 2008 by luccaa77
Ingá leaves trick predators by showing up on stage in colors other than the normal green. They also pay body guards to help them out in the process of becoming mature ... and tough. Payment is made in the form of food for the ants. Click on the i read more
Wild fig trees, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 1st 2008 by luccaa77
A closer look at the new root system produced by this wild fig tree. read more
Wild figs, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 1st 2008 by luccaa77
On another trail I discovered that this wild fig tree has put on some new clothes. That's quite a set of new roots it's produced and they are quite flashy in their red color. read more
Wild figs
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | July 1st 2008 by luccaa77
Some premature figs are beginning to fall from this huge fig tree located on the other side of the footbridge. When mature, the figs will be a larger than these shown in the image, but never the size of the domesticated figs we are used to eating. read more
Tento, continued
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | June 28th 2008 by luccaa77
If I hadn't been looking up into the tento tree when we were removing leaf samples, I wouldn't have seen that it was in bloom. The flowers were almost up in the crown of the tree, so I got the best zoom shot I could with a simple digital camera. Th read more
Tento
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | June 28th 2008 by luccaa77
On placing this image, I need to make it clear that I'm not a forester. And no, I'm not a botanist. I'm only interested in these things and there are times when I get into pissing contests with others who are likewise not professionally qualified t read more
Fungi on manioc press
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | June 27th 2008 by luccaa77
The two vertical pieces of wood are what remain of an old manioc press used by the former residents of the farm where Bosque Santa Lucia is located today. My wife and I bought the property in 1981, and I remember that our caretaker continued to used read more
Guaraná
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | June 27th 2008 by luccaa77
At last this young guaraná plant (Paulinia cupana) is moving forward. I planted it from a seed taken from the first tree planted many years ago around the old roundhouse. In reality, the older one is more of a vine than a tree. When planted in th read more
The Thief at the End of the World
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | June 25th 2008 by luccaa77
I'm delighted to have received Joe Jackson's book, The Thief at the End of the World. I'm even more pleased to have received it from the author, himself. Joe spent one morning with me at Bosque Santa Lucia in October, 2005, while researching the li read more
Colors of ginja
Tropical Biodiversity - The Amazon | June 24th 2008 by luccaa77
In the middle of many plants making up the ornamental fence at the entranceway is ginja, a fruit tree in genus of Eugenia. It produces a delicious red fruit, which is one of my favorite. These plants come from seeds taken from an old ginja tree, wh read more
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